After the Miners' Strike...

Nearly every newspaper and television news programme seems to be reminding everyone that it's 25 years since the start of last great Miners' Strike.

If your under 35 years of age you might struggle to remember it happening - unless your family was caught up in it some way.

To get an idea of what it was all about see When miners took on the government (John Henry, BBC News: England).

You can also see the repeat of a programme dedicated to the Miners' Strike on BBC Four next Monday (9th March).

Details:

Documentary which captures the extraordinary passions unleashed by the 1984 miners' strike and examines how it changed Britain forever.

Mining villages were consumed by violence and hatred as pickets fought running battles with police and striking and working miners were locked in confrontation.

With powerful interviews, evocative archive and dramatic reconstructions, the film follows the lives of five young miners from one village through a torrid but exciting year.